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NoSafetySmokingFirst

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For images where the text reads correctly left to right, but visual cues (like colouration, vertical proximity, or horizontal separation) lead you to try to read it top to bottom.

This is similar to, but distinct from, the more widely known “DontDeadOpenInside” format. In that case, the text reads correctly top to bottom, but visual cues (like colouration, horizontal proximity, or vertical separation) lead you to try to read it left to right.

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NO | SMOKING
SAFETY | FIRST

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[–] Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone 54 points 1 month ago (3 children)
[–] thatKamGuy 18 points 1 month ago

Y ES ❤️

[–] threelonmusketeers 16 points 1 month ago

Do you think this is !theyknew@lemmy.sdf.org territory?

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 points 1 month ago

He didn't have to choose that one. I always see this comic the same way as the stick-in-the-bike-wheel meme.

[–] Dettweiler42@lemmy.dbzer0.com 43 points 1 month ago (3 children)
[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 30 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)
[–] sundrei@lemmy.sdf.org 23 points 1 month ago
[–] myrrh@ttrpg.network 7 points 1 month ago

...it's a totally normal reaction after hvaing alena...

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

"hvad" is literally just danish for "what", and "alena" is a sorta outdated swedish word for "alone"

what? alone? pp tiny, yes?

[–] coldsideofyourpillow@lemmy.cafe 3 points 1 month ago

"Alena" can also be a name.